Draining attachment for the dashboards of motor-vehicles.



P. SPIISl DRAINING ATTACHMENT Foa THE nAsHBoAaos of Moron VEHICLES..

Patented Mar. 11,1919..

APPLICATION FILED OCT-21. 1918.

UNITED STATES PATENT. onnron.

PETER SPIES, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DRAIN'ING- ATTACHMENT FOB. THE DASHBOARDS MOTOR-VEHICLES.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 11, 1919.-

Application led October 21, 1918. Serial No. 258,972.

a motor-vehicle comprising a hood which overlaps the top and side ed es of and extends forwardly from the das -board and is employed in serving as a coverfor the engine of the vehicle and this invention pertains more especially to an attachment comprising a trough arranged transversel of the u per portion of the outer side ofy the dashcard and a water-tight joint formed between the upper end of the inner side ortion of the trough and the dash-boar so that any water paing to the inner side of -the dash-board, atthe joint vformed between the t0p edge of thedash-board and the top of the aforesaid hood, shall be received by said trough and conducted toward the sides of the hoodand out of the way of any electric wiring or electrical connections or devices that may be applied, under said trough,

to the dash-board.

The primary object of this invention is to keep water, that may find passage to the outer side of thedash-board'from between the top edge of the dash-board andthe hereinbefore mentioned hood, away from -said electrical connections or devices. t

Another object'is to facilitate the appllcation of my improved draining attachment to the dash-board, to expedite the assemblage of the component parts Aof said attachment,"to have said'attachment simple and durable in construction, and to render any mexnber of said attachmentv readily renewab e.

With these objects in view, and to attain any other object hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in certain features 0f construction, and combinations and'rclativev arrangements of parts,hereinafter described in this specification, ointed out in the claims, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings. y l l In said drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section takencentrally through the dashboard and through the rear portion of the hood which straddles the dash-board and through my improved draining attachment applied to the outer side ofthe upper portion of the dash-board. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken along the line 2-2, Fig. 1, looking toward the dash-board. Fig. 3 is a .section taken along the line. 3 3, Fig. 2,

looking downwardly. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken along the line 4-4, Fig. 3, lookin rearwardly. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectlon ta en along the line 5 5, Fig. 2, lookmg outwardly.

eferring to said drawings, A indicates the dash-board of a motor-vehicle, and B indicates thehood overlappin the top and side edges of and extendingorwardly from the dash-board. The hood B therefore straddles the dashfboard and is applied in any approved manner.

My unproved draining attachment for saiddash-board preferably comprises a plate C arranged opposite and abutting against' the forward or outer side ofthe upper portion of the dash-board adjacent the top Ved e and centrally between the side edges -of t e dash-board. Said plate is secured tothe dash-board in any approved manner .and adapted to be employed in receiving the screw-threaded rear end of a stay-rod D employed in tying the radiator (not shown) arranged at the forward end of the hood B to the dash-board and screwed into said plate. .Said plate has upwardly converging side `edges 6, as shown in Fig. 4 and 1n dotted lines, Fig. 2.

My improved draining attachment also comprises two bars E arranged transversely of the outer side 'of the upper portion of the dash-board between the plate C and o posite side edges respectively of the ashboard and spaced downwardly from the top edge of the dash-board. Each bar E is somewhat inclined and extends downwardly in the direction of the adjacent side of the hood B. Each bar E (see Fig. 4) has its inner transverse edge 7 inclinedand facing downwardly to conform to and abutting against the adjacent side ed e of the plate C .which has a downwardly acingi shoulder C overlapping the top edge of sal bar, and said shoulder, said side edge of said plate and said edge of said bar serve therefore to facilitate the positioning of said bar durin the application of the bar to the dash-'boar Each bar E has its outer transverse edge 8 ioo lelectrical connections or appliances,

ineii the hood 2, indicates binding-posts or devices, for

arranged atthe outer side of the dash-board and under e and spaced from the sides of the nood and applied to the dashboard in any approved manner, My improved drai ing attachment is designed to prevent the passage of water to said binding-posts or devices from between the top Ve .of the dashboard and the hood and ntially comprises a trough G arranged at the outer sides of the bars E, and consequently over said binding-posts or devices, extending from the outer end of one of ned and facing upwardly and laterally ll as shown in dotted' lines,

to the outer end of the other of said e plate C, the bars E and the trough c supported from the dash-board, and n ...erably the upper part l() of the inner side portion of the trough extends upwardly to proximity to but is spaced downwardly ajoin the top of the hood. Said part of said portion of the trough is arranged opposite e i abats against the outer sides ofthe bars and each end of said part of said portion el' the trough hasea rearwardly projecting innige l2 oi. rlapping and abutting against the outer transverse edge S of the adjacent bar. Said portion of the trough extends above the bars E so as to effect the formation, between each bar E and the outer side #wie dash-board, of a recess 13 having its om formed by said bar. yThe recesses l?) and any spare foru'ied between but above the upper extremities of the bars E and not orcupied by the plate C, are occupied by a bot y of cement, such. for instance, as putty T which forms a substantially watertight joint between the upper end of the inner sido portion of the trough and the dash-board. The body of cement H overl aps the top edge of the inner side portion of the trough and Al has a rounded top surface sloping toward the trough and arranged to effect the draina, le, into the trough.r of water passingto the outer side of the dash-board from between the top edge of the dash-board and the hood. Preferably the lower part l5 of said portion of the trough extends downwardly and forwardly from the bars E. and the outer sideportion lf3 ot the trough extends upwardly and forwardly and in front of the upper part i@ of the inner side portion of the trough, and hence the contour of the trough in cross-section and the, arrangement of the. outer side portion of the trough relative to the inner side portion of the trough arp such that there is little liability of the passage oi' water, which may find access to the. top surfare of the body of cement H. across instead of into the ,rough. The bodyv of puttyY or cenient ifi therefore constitutes means for efneet/,ose

water passing to the outer side of the dashboard from between the top of the hood and the top edge of the dash-board.

lt will be observed that the side edges 6 and shoulders C of the plate C are arranged as required to oppose any force tending to swing or move the bars E downwardly toward each other, and the trough G bly-the overlapping, by its flanges l2, of the upwardly facing inclined outer transverse edges 8 of said bars, ties the outer ends of said bars together and opposes any force tending to displace Said bars endwise from said plate. lt will be observed therefore that the plate C ado'rds material support to the bars E and trough G, but, of course, the trough is preferably also secured tothe dash-board by screws l which have their Shanks extending through the upper part of the inner side portion of the trough and through the bars E and into the dash-board and have their hea-ds abutting against the forward side of said portion ofthe trough. Said screws are arranged higher than the outer side portion of the trough for convenience in the manipulation of a screw-driver employed in driving the screws into place. l'twill also be observed that the upwardly facing inclined outer transverse edges 8 of the bars E form seats, as desired, for the trough which is mounted, at its flanges 12, on said seats preparatory to the application of the screws l.

llfhat l claim is l. rllhe combination. with the dash-board of a motor-vehicle, and a hood straddling and extending forwardly from the dashboard, of two bars arranged transversely of the outer side of the dash-board at opposite sides respectively of a point centrally between the side edges of the dash-board, a trough extendingl longitudinally of said bars and having the upper part of its inner side portion arranged opposite the outer sides of and extending' above said bars, said bars and the trough being supported from the dash-board, and the recess formed at the top of each bar between the trough and the dash-board being occupied b v Cement.

Q. The combination, with the dash-board of a motor-vehicle, and a hood straddling and extending forwardly from the dashboard, of two bars arranged transversely of the outer side of the dash-board at opposite sides respectively of a point centrally between the side edges of the dash-board, a trough extending longitudinally of said bars and having the lower partof its inner side portion extending downwardly and forwardly from said bars and having the upper part ot' said portion arranged opposite the outer sides of said bars and having its outer `side portion extending upwardly and forwardly and in front of the said upper part of the inner side portion of the trough, screws extending through said upper part of the inner side portion of the trough and 1 securing thel trough and the bars tothe dashvouter side of the dash-board adjacent the 3. The combination, with the dash-board of a motor-vehicle, and a hood straddling and extending forwardly from the dashboard, of two bars arranged transversely of the outer side of the upp portion of the dash-board 'at opposite sides respectively of a point centrally between the'sid'e edges of th'eldash-board and each sloping somewhat downwardly toward the adjacent side of the hood, and a trough arranged at the outer sides of said bars and extending from the outer end -of vone of said barsv to the outer end .of the other of said bars and tying the bars together, the trough and the bars being supported from the dash-board, and there being. a substantially water-tight joint formed at the top of each bar between the trough' and the dash-board;

4,. The combination, with the dash-board of a motor-vehicle; and a hood overlapping,

the top ,andl side edges of and `extending forwardly from the dash-board, of two bars arranged transversely of the outer side of the upper portion ofthe dash-board at opposite sides respectively of a point centrally between the side edges of the dash-'board and each supported from the dash-board and having an upwardly facing inclined 'outer transverse` edge, and a trough arranged at the outer sides and extending longitudinally'of said bars, each end of the inner side-portion of the trough having a fiange overlapping -the outer transverse edge of the adjacent bar. v

5. The combination, lwith the .dash-board 'of a motor-vehicle, and a hood straddling and extending forwardly from the dashboard, of a plate arranged opposite the top edge and centrally between the side edges of and secured to the dash-board and having upwardly facing inclined side edges, tiwo bars arranged transversely of the outer side of the upper portion of the dash-board between said" plate and opposite side edges respectively of the dash-board and each having an upwardly facing inclined outer transversei edge, a trough arranged at the outer sides and extending longitudinally of said bars, and means above said bars for eifecting the drainage, into the trough, of water' passing to the outer side of the dash-board vfrom between the lhood and the top edge of the dash-board, each end of the trough having a flange overlapping the outer transverse edge of the adjacent bar, and the inner transverse edge of each bar being inclined .and facing downwardly and 'abutting against -the adjacent upwardly facing inclined side edge of the aforesaid plate.

6. The combination, with the dash-board of a Inotor-vehicle, and a hood straddling and extending forwardly from the dashboard, of a plate arranged opposite the outer side of the dash-board adjacent the top edge and centrally between the side edges of and secured to the dash-board and hav-` ing upwardly facing inclined side edges, two bars arranged transversely of the outer side of the upper portion of the dashboard between said plate and opposite side edges respectively of the dash-board, each bar having a downwardly facing inclined inner transverse edge abutting against the adj acent side edge of said plate; a trough arranged at the outer sides and extending longitudinally of said bars, and means above said bars for effecting the drainage, into the trough, of water passing to the outside of the dash-board from between the hood and the top edge of the dash-board, each end of the trough having a flange overlapping thev .the top edge of said bar.

In .testimonywhereoi i sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER SPIES.

.Witnessesz CAsrnn J. Donna, HELEN MfDoRnR. 

